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Building
Trade
Review
EXCAVATING
CONTRACTORS
MASON
MATERIALS
HEAVY
HAULING
White
Plains
9000
nu
COPING
SAND
TOP
SOIL
STONE
FLAG
STONE
GRAVEL
BLUE
STONE
CINDERS
CRUSHED
STONE
‘
Dependability
1
MAHL5TEDTS
•j
GUARANTEED
BUILDING
MATERIALS.
FUEL&P
AIN'T.
!|
Bank
Street
(Depot
Plaza)
White
Plain*
576
LAWWILLGURB
‘
GYP
’
BUILDERS
New
Legislation
of
interest
To
Building
Trade
and
Home
Owner
ay
CHARLES
a.
TORSES
ram
ammiss
»na
«.*:•,
:»»««
Two
Seta
of
the
1»2B
Legislature,
approved
by
the
Governor,
are
of
particular
Interest
to
tha
building
trades
and
home
owner
alike.
The
flrat.
known
a*
tha
new
Me
­
chanics'
Lien
Law.
should
beetud-
Ird
carefully
by
all
reprcaentattvtw
of
tha
building
trades
and.
also
\by
all
who
contemplate
the
construc
­
tion
of
building
of
any
type
on
which
money
Is
to
bo
borrowed
for
building
operations.
This
law
segregates
borrowed
money.
In
effect
It
places
it
I
trust
.
fund
and
the
burden
placed
upon
the
borrower
of
shone-
mg
that
money
so
borrowed
actual
­
ly
goes
into
the
Job
for
which
It
'
borrowed.
Under
the
law
the
County
Clerk
will
keep
a
record
of
all
building
projects.
This
record
will
when
work
starts
and
when
it
Is
completed.
When
work
starts
every
contractor,
sub-contractor
and
material
dealer,
laborer.
Interested
In
a
particular
undertak
­
ing.
has
asJlen
upon
the
Job.
This
notice
of
commencement
stops
the
•
foot
racing\
to
tha
County
Clerk'
office
to
file
liens.
All
lienors
ar
placed
on
a
parity
by
the
new
law.
Everybody
having
a
claim
Job
has
a
chance
for
hla
alley.
The
records
of
lending
InStlW
lions
are
open
to
Inspection
'
one
who
has
an
inter
sat
work.
While
most
mortgage
com
­
panies
now
supply
sub-contractors
and
materia]
men
all
esaenUal
formation
about
payrfients
to
a
I
rower,
the
rule
Is
not
absolute.
•
The
new
law
goes
Into
effect
In
September
and.
In
the
opinion
of
representative
men
In
tha
building
Industry.
It
will
make
for
a
much
healthier
condition
throughout
this
county.
We
may
as
well
look
the
facts
In
the
face.
Building
of
some
types
which
has
contributed
to
the
pros
­
perity
or
skilled
mechanics
has
taken
a
sharp
drop
In
this
county.
We
have
witnessed
the
financial
difficulties
of
a
number
of
apart
­
ment
house
builders
and
in
many
of
these
Instances
we
have
the
material
dealer
compelled
to
buy
In
the
property
at
foreclosure
and
tbs
man
able
to
buy
did
so
at
the
expense
of
the
little
fellow
who
saw
his
Ilea
wiped
out
by
court
order.
This
Is
the
condition
which
it
<t
hoped
the
amended
law
will
cor
­
rect
and
It
looks
like
a
step
In
the
right
direction.
The
second
act
of
the
Legislature
which
Interests
us
Is
the
amend
­
ments
to
the
law
compelling
the
registration
of
architects.
This
law
now
haa
teeth.
After
January
1
will
be
-permitted
to
architect
or
do
the
work
of
an
architect
unless
he-Is
registered
with
the
State
Depart-
if
Education.
In
order
to
be
registered
certain
educational
re
­
quirements
This
act.
of
course,
does
1SERYEN
JOINS
BUILDING
AGE
Service
Manager
of
Mahletedt
Company
to
Edit
Well
Known
Magazine
Jam**
E.
Serven
has
resigned
as
service
manager
of
the
Mahlstadt
chain
of
building
material,
jrarda
and
on
May
1
becomes
associated
with
the
National
Trade
Journals.
Inc.
as
editor
of
\Building
Age.
”
Mr.
Serven
has
grown
up
In
the
building
material
buslneas.
Tbe
Serven
Lumber
A
Coal
Company
at
Pearl
River.
N.
Y..
we*
founded-by
hla
grandfather
In
lfTI.
enlarged
by
the
late
W.
A.
Serven
and
further
developed
under
the
managerahlp
of
Jaiflee
E.
Servetl
and
hie
broth
­
er.
He
also
formed
the
Serven
Coal
A
Supply
Company
and
later
merged
theee
companies
to
help
form
the
Comfort
-
Coal
-
Lumber
Company
chain
of
yards.
the
last
two
years
Mr.
Scr-
A
three-story
office
'
ahd
apart-
closing
and
director*
’
.
room
and
—
.
i
—
««-*-
—
*■»
—
—
sir;
Price's
private
office,
with
a
room
for
a
private
secretary.
The
reception
room
la
Illuminated
by
a
tell
leaded
glass
window
extending
across
lbs
entire
front
A
feature
of
the
building
will
be
a
radio
clock
on
the
front
at
the
second
floor,
whlefc
will
be
Illumin
­
ated
at
night.
-
As
tbs
visitor
passes
along
the
corridor
before
his
eyes
Is
a
vista
Harrison.
Rodman
H.
Pries.
Inc.,
real
estate,
mortgage
and
Insurance
brokers.
Laurence
M.
Loeb
of
Nsw
Rochelle
i
the
architect.
Tb#
style
of
architecture
Is
Ells-
bethan,
the
material
being
stucco
with
leaded
casement
windows,
lead
copings
and
ornaments.
On
the
flrat
floor
la
the
reception
room.
tbe
J.
A.
MahlsteA
Cumber
end
Coal
Company,
one
of
the
outstand
­
ing
business
successes
In
Its
field.
ten
branch
yard*
throughout
Westchester.
During
his
associa
­
tion
with
the
Mahlatedt
Company
aa
directed
advertising,
edited
tbe
well
known
magazine.
“
Hearth
A
Hall\
and
otherwise
assisted
In
>erc
handle!
ng.
In
his
new
association
Mr.
Ser
­
ven
Joins
one
of
the
outstanding
publishing
companies
of
the
coun-
In
the
National
Trade
Jour
­
nals
group
are
Included
such
mag-
s
as
Architectural
Forum,
Building
Age.
Heating
A
Ventilat
­
ing
and
Good
Furniture.
Although
resigning
hi*
present
position
with
the
Mahlstedt
Com
­
pany.
Mr.
8erven
will
serve
In
an
advisory
capacity
with
that
com-
bcautlful
English
garden,
with
1
a
playing
fountain,
the
grounds
landscaped
with
evergr
eens,
pere
n-
nlals
and
shrubbery.
Overlooking
they
wer*
actually
engaged
In
the
practice
of
architecture
prior
to
1S1B.-Wfl«fl
‘
tb*
registration
act
was,
tsted.
It
doss
not
apply
to
builders
who
wish
to
construct
houses
or
to
make
alterations
In
which
thi
ac
­
tual
construction
expense
does
not
exceed
*10.006.
This
exception
makes
It
possible
houses
by
owners
who
live
rural
sections
and
where
the
etch-
Itect's
tec
might
prove
to
be
a,bur
­
den.
The
exoepUoa
was
placed
In
the
Mil
at
the
request
of
Senator
Mastlek
of
Westchester,
who
gave
his
support
to
It
as
did
all
the
ro-
Every
Good
Building
Material
Conklin-Pfister
Building
Service
INCORPORATED
Tel
.
6600
mainder
of
the
Westchester
dele-
Ration.
•
What
the
act
Is
designed
to
do
_nd
what
It-WlH
do
Is
drive
from
the
field
of
architecture
men
who
.
are
Incompetent
to'practlce
It.
This
will
result
In
a
generally
higher
type
of
building
In
Westchester,
and
safer
eons
miction
In
our
een-
A
significant
point
In
the
act
ta
that
It
compels
the
co-operation
of
bulldms
Inspectors,
yaking
It
man
S
s
I
mv
them
to
see
that
plans
accompanied
by
certifi
­
cates
and
signatures
of
regtyered
architects
under
seal.
*
Together
these
laws
should
work
3
ward
healthier
-
situation
-In
-this
the
garden
will
be
a
flagged
terrace
with
striped
awning,
the
terrace
be
­
ing
available
from
Mr.
Price
’
s
pri-
ite
office.
The
second
floor
will
have
four
offices
and
the
third
floor
will
con
­
tain
two
three-room
apartments.
Associates
of
Mr.
Price
In
Rod-
an
H.
Prioe.
Inc.,
are
H.
B.
Price,
vice-president
and
director
of
the
International
Railways
of
Central
America,
and
vice-president
and
di
­
rector
of
Minor
C.
Keith.
Ine.;
Wal
­
ter
Campbell.
Detwiler
and
Com
­
pany.
New
York:
Fred
EL
Linder,
vice-president
of
Edmund
Seymour
and
Co..
Ine..
Investment
bankers.
New
York;
George
E
Mills,
secre
­
tary.
Trust
Compaay
of
Larchmont.
Larchmont:
John
R.
Parmelee,
former
cashier
and
director
Totowa
National
Bank:
Lyon
M.
Gardiner,
Spencer
Trask
and
Company,
New
York:
Laurence
M.
Yoeb.
architect,
r
Rochelle,
and
Vera
E-
Wood-
i.
manager
of
the
Larchmont
of-
whlch
la
located
on
Larchmont
Avenue,
at
the
Parkway.
White
Plains,
N.
Y.
JOHN
J.
TUCKER,
INC.
GENERAL
INSURANCE
47
MAMARONECK
AVE,
—
PhonaW.
P.
3045
WHITE
PLAINS,
N.
Y.
sSrSHrSrHiri
COTIT
IN
___
nr.AR
IT
15T
H.
G.
WAGNER
ELECTRIC
CO.
105
Mauroneck
Avenue
Phone
6175
SUBURBAN
WEATHER
STglP
&
SCREEN
CORP.
30
>
Maitine
Ave.„
White
Plains,
N.
Y.
WOOD
SCREENS
SHADES
Phone
White-Plains
6928
ELLIS
B.
COOK.
Viee-Pre*.
GEDNEY
WAY
LUMBER
&
COAL
-
COMPANY
BUILDING
MATERIALS
MASON
SUPPLIES
COAL
GEDNEY
WAY
WHITE
PLAINS.
N.
Y.
Phooc
W.
P.
6950
r
Putnam
Valley
Lumber
and
Supply
Corporation
Mn
k.
Lumber,
Builders
’
Supplies,
HI
-
-
-
-
-
-
^.L
1
I-A.J-I
J
lYiaflOw)
I
WHB
BHB,
VJOSI
Phone
Elmaford
M4T
Wml
i
i,
M.
Y.
North
Castle
Elective
Co.
Electrical
Contractor*
EVERYTHING
ELEOTBJG4X
GOULD
BATTERY
SERVICE
BATTERY
CHARGING
AND
RENTALS
SERVICE
AT
ANY
HOCK
BLUE
PRINTS
Engineer*
and
Architects
Equipment
Art
Metal
Steel
Office
Equipment
CORNELIUS
HUNT
199-201
Main
Street
Bar
Building
Tel.
W.
P.
4138
White
Plain*.
N.
Y.
BENINCASA
8C
GLASER
CONTRACTORS
Decorators
and
Painters
r-
ahowroora.
Our
18
DEPOT
PLAZA
WHITE
PLAINS.
N.
Y.
Telephone
9248
Engineers
and
Surveyors
For
tha
Record
of
YOUR
Property
In
Weatchaeter
County
carefully
made
and
praaerved
by
J.
Henry
Carpenter.
C.
E.
since
U7L
CONSULT
J.
HENRY
CARPENTER
&
CO.
116
Main
Street
White
Plain*
Tel.
W.
P.
695
Yorktown
Height*
Westchester
Co.,
N.
Y.
Tel.
Yorktown
189
DIAMOND
&
SWEET,
*
INCORPORATED
GLASS
Of
Every
Deaerlptiea
Copper
Store
Front*
Construction
57-59
Martine
Ave.
White
Plain*.
N.
Y.

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Building Trade Review EXCAVATING CONTRACTORS MASON MATERIALS HEAVY HAULING White Plains 9000 nu COPING SAND TOP SOIL STONE FLAG STONE GRAVEL BLUE STONE CINDERS CRUSHED STONE ‘ Dependability 1 MAHL5TEDTS •j GUARANTEED BUILDING MATERIALS. FUEL&P AIN'T. !| Bank Street (Depot Plaza) White Plain* 576 LAWWILLGURB ‘ GYP ’ BUILDERS New Legislation of interest To Building Trade and Home Owner ay CHARLES a. TORSES ram ammiss »na «.*:•, :»»«« Two Seta of the 1»2B Legislature, approved by the Governor, are of particular Interest to tha building trades and home owner alike. The flrat. known a* tha new Me ­ chanics' Lien Law. should beetud- Ird carefully by all reprcaentattvtw of tha building trades and. also \by all who contemplate the construc ­ tion of building of any type on which money Is to bo borrowed for building operations. This law segregates borrowed money. In effect It places it I trust . fund and the burden placed upon the borrower of shone- mg that money so borrowed actual ­ ly goes into the Job for which It ' borrowed. Under the law the County Clerk will keep a record of all building projects. This record will when work starts and when it Is completed. When work starts every contractor, sub-contractor and material dealer, laborer. Interested In a particular undertak ­ ing. has asJlen upon the Job. This notice of commencement stops the • foot racing\ to tha County Clerk' office to file liens. All lienors ar placed on a parity by the new law. Everybody having a claim Job has a chance for hla alley. The records of lending InStlW lions are open to Inspection ' one who has an inter sat work. While most mortgage com ­ panies now supply sub-contractors and materia] men all esaenUal formation about payrfients to a I rower, the rule Is not absolute. • The new law goes Into effect In September and. In the opinion of representative men In tha building Industry. It will make for a much healthier condition throughout this county. We may as well look the facts In the face. Building of some types which has contributed to the pros ­ perity or skilled mechanics has taken a sharp drop In this county. We have witnessed the financial difficulties of a number of apart ­ ment house builders and in many of these Instances we have the material dealer compelled to buy In the property at foreclosure and tbs man able to buy did so at the expense of the little fellow who saw his Ilea wiped out by court order. This Is the condition which it <t hoped the amended law will cor ­ rect and It looks like a step In the right direction. The second act of the Legislature which Interests us Is the amend ­ ments to the law compelling the registration of architects. This law now haa teeth. After January 1 will be -permitted to architect or do the work of an architect unless he-Is registered with the State Depart- if Education. In order to be registered certain educational re ­ quirements This act. of course, does 1SERYEN JOINS BUILDING AGE Service Manager of Mahletedt Company to Edit Well Known Magazine Jam** E. Serven has resigned as service manager of the Mahlstadt chain of building material, jrarda and on May 1 becomes associated with the National Trade Journals. Inc. as editor of \Building Age. ” Mr. Serven has grown up In the building material buslneas. Tbe Serven Lumber A Coal Company at Pearl River. N. Y.. we* founded-by hla grandfather In lfTI. enlarged by the late W. A. Serven and further developed under the managerahlp of Jaiflee E. Servetl and hie broth ­ er. He also formed the Serven Coal A Supply Company and later merged theee companies to help form the Comfort - Coal - Lumber Company chain of yards. the last two years Mr. Scr- A three-story office ' ahd apart- closing and director* ’ . room and — . i — ««-*- — *■» — — sir; Price's private office, with a room for a private secretary. The reception room la Illuminated by a tell leaded glass window extending across lbs entire front A feature of the building will be a radio clock on the front at the second floor, whlefc will be Illumin ­ ated at night. - As tbs visitor passes along the corridor before his eyes Is a vista Harrison. Rodman H. Pries. Inc., real estate, mortgage and Insurance brokers. Laurence M. Loeb of Nsw Rochelle i the architect. Tb# style of architecture Is Ells- bethan, the material being stucco with leaded casement windows, lead copings and ornaments. On the flrat floor la the reception room. tbe J. A. MahlsteA Cumber end Coal Company, one of the outstand ­ ing business successes In Its field. ten branch yard* throughout Westchester. During his associa ­ tion with the Mahlatedt Company aa directed advertising, edited tbe well known magazine. “ Hearth A Hall\ and otherwise assisted In >erc handle! ng. In his new association Mr. Ser ­ ven Joins one of the outstanding publishing companies of the coun- In the National Trade Jour ­ nals group are Included such mag- s as Architectural Forum, Building Age. Heating A Ventilat ­ ing and Good Furniture. Although resigning hi* present position with the Mahlstedt Com ­ pany. Mr. 8erven will serve In an advisory capacity with that com- bcautlful English garden, with 1 a playing fountain, the grounds landscaped with evergr eens, pere n- nlals and shrubbery. Overlooking they wer* actually engaged In the practice of architecture prior to 1S1B.-Wfl«fl ‘ tb* registration act was, tsted. It doss not apply to builders who wish to construct houses or to make alterations In which thi ac ­ tual construction expense does not exceed *10.006. This exception makes It possible houses by owners who live rural sections and where the etch- Itect's tec might prove to be a,bur ­ den. The exoepUoa was placed In the Mil at the request of Senator Mastlek of Westchester, who gave his support to It as did all the ro- Every Good Building Material Conklin-Pfister Building Service INCORPORATED Tel . 6600 mainder of the Westchester dele- Ration. • What the act Is designed to do _nd what It-WlH do Is drive from the field of architecture men who . are Incompetent to'practlce It. This will result In a generally higher type of building In Westchester, and safer eons miction In our een- A significant point In the act ta that It compels the co-operation of bulldms Inspectors, yaking It man S s I mv them to see that plans accompanied by certifi ­ cates and signatures of regtyered architects under seal. * Together these laws should work 3 ward healthier - situation -In -this the garden will be a flagged terrace with striped awning, the terrace be ­ ing available from Mr. Price ’ s pri- ite office. The second floor will have four offices and the third floor will con ­ tain two three-room apartments. Associates of Mr. Price In Rod- an H. Prioe. Inc., are H. B. Price, vice-president and director of the International Railways of Central America, and vice-president and di ­ rector of Minor C. Keith. Ine.; Wal ­ ter Campbell. Detwiler and Com ­ pany. New York: Fred EL Linder, vice-president of Edmund Seymour and Co.. Ine.. Investment bankers. New York; George E Mills, secre ­ tary. Trust Compaay of Larchmont. Larchmont: John R. Parmelee, former cashier and director Totowa National Bank: Lyon M. Gardiner, Spencer Trask and Company, New York: Laurence M. Yoeb. architect, r Rochelle, and Vera E- Wood- i. manager of the Larchmont of- whlch la located on Larchmont Avenue, at the Parkway. White Plains, N. Y. JOHN J. TUCKER, INC. GENERAL INSURANCE 47 MAMARONECK AVE, — PhonaW. P. 3045 WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. sSrSHrSrHiri COTIT IN ___ nr.AR IT 15T H. G. WAGNER ELECTRIC CO. 105 Mauroneck Avenue Phone 6175 SUBURBAN WEATHER STglP & SCREEN CORP. 30 > Maitine Ave.„ White Plains, N. Y. WOOD SCREENS SHADES Phone White-Plains 6928 ELLIS B. COOK. Viee-Pre*. GEDNEY WAY LUMBER & COAL - COMPANY BUILDING MATERIALS MASON SUPPLIES COAL GEDNEY WAY WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Phooc W. P. 6950 r Putnam Valley Lumber and Supply Corporation Mn k. Lumber, Builders ’ Supplies, HI - - - - - - ^.L 1 I-A.J-I J lYiaflOw) I WHB BHB, VJOSI Phone Elmaford M4T Wml i i, M. Y. North Castle Elective Co. Electrical Contractor* EVERYTHING ELEOTBJG4X GOULD BATTERY SERVICE BATTERY CHARGING AND RENTALS SERVICE AT ANY HOCK BLUE PRINTS Engineer* and Architects Equipment Art Metal Steel Office Equipment CORNELIUS HUNT 199-201 Main Street Bar Building Tel. W. P. 4138 White Plain*. N. Y. BENINCASA 8C GLASER CONTRACTORS Decorators and Painters r- ahowroora. Our 18 DEPOT PLAZA WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Telephone 9248 Engineers and Surveyors For tha Record of YOUR Property In Weatchaeter County carefully made and praaerved by J. Henry Carpenter. C. E. since U7L CONSULT J. HENRY CARPENTER & CO. 116 Main Street White Plain* Tel. W. P. 695 Yorktown Height* Westchester Co., N. Y. Tel. Yorktown 189 DIAMOND & SWEET, * INCORPORATED GLASS Of Every Deaerlptiea Copper Store Front* Construction 57-59 Martine Ave. White Plain*. N. Y.